different between furrow vs cavern

English

Etymology

From Middle English furgh, forow, from Old English furh, from Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs (compare Saterland Frisian Fuurge, Dutch voor, German Furche, Swedish fåra, Norwegian Bokmål fure), from Proto-Indo-European *per?- (“to dig”).

Compare Welsh rhych (“furrow”), Latin porca (“ridge, balk”), Lithuanian prapar?šas (“ditch”), Sanskrit ?????? (pár??na, “chasm”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??o?/, /?f?o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f????/
• (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
• (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)
• Rhymes: -????

Noun

furrow (plural furrows)

1. A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.

   Don't walk across that deep furrow in the field.

2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal.
3. A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.

   When she was tired, a deep furrow appeared on her forehead.

Derived terms

• furrowless
• furrowlike
• furrowy

Translations

Verb

furrow (third-person singular simple present furrows, present participle furrowing, simple past and past participle furrowed)

1. (transitive) To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.).
2. (transitive) To wrinkle.
3. (transitive) To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.

   Synonym: frown

Derived terms

• furrower
• furrowing
• unfurrow
• unfurrowed

Translations

See also

• plough a lonely furrow

English

Etymology

From Middle English caverne, from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna, from cavus (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?v'?n, IPA^(key): /?kæv.?n/
• (General American) enPR: k?v'?rn, IPA^(key): /?kæv.?n/
• Rhymes: -æv?(?)n

Noun

cavern (plural caverns)

1. A large cave.
2. An underground chamber.

Derived terms

• cavernous

Translations

Verb

cavern (third-person singular simple present caverns, present participle caverning, simple past and past participle caverned)

1. (transitive) To form a cavern or deep depression in.

   catacombs caverning the hillsides

2. (transitive) To put into a cavern.

Anagrams

• Craven, carven, craven